But the rest of the week, when he isn’t on Deeds Field in Granville, Webb plays a role that couldn’t be more different: He’s a vocal-performance major who sings a cappella with the Denison Hilltoppers.

The senior sometimes feels as if he has two personalities.

“When I’m playing, I don’t have another thought besides beating the guy in front of me,” said Webb, 21. “But music is artistic and calm.”

Singing has been Webb’s passion since he was 7 and his mother signed him up for choir at Christ the King Church in the Berwick neighborhood.

As a student at Bexley High School, he continued singing as part of the vocal ensemble.

When recruited by Denison, he learned the school had a men’s a cappella group with a 35-year history of entertaining.

The player, who made it through grueling football two-a-day practices, called the three rounds of Hilltopper auditions “very tough.”

His experiences with the a cappella group — which performs a wide variety of songs, such as the ’80s classic Jessie’s Girl, traditional Scottish hymns and Outkast’s Hey Ya! — prompted him to add a vocal-performance major to his communication major.

Singing makes him happy, he said, whether it is onstage or in the shower.

“If I’ve had a bad day at football or a bad day in general and I go to Hilltopper practice, I feel better,” he said. “All my worries are washed away.”

Although he tries to keep his two “lives” separate, his fellow singers have told Webb to pull back a bit when he comes to rehearsal still amped from football. And his teammates have egged him to show off his vocal skills in the locker room.

Webb admits most people might see his two passions as conflicting, but, for him, they mesh well.

“Me, I am a physical person,” he said, “but I also have a soft side.”

Hatem said he’s never coached a player who has hugged him more after practice than Webb.

The “gentle giant” who transforms into a “mean lineman” on the football field is paving the way for other Denison athletes to participate in arts as well, Hatem said.

“Danny is a really great singer,” Hatem said. “Now, he’s a talented college football player.”